Open AccessRectal tone and compliance affected in patients with fecal incontinence after fistulotomy
Author(s) -
Richard A. Awad,
Santiago Camacho,
Francisco Flores,
Evelyn Altamirano,
Mario Magaña García
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i13.4000
Subject(s) - barostat , medicine , fistulotomy , internal anal sphincter , defecation , rectum , fecal incontinence , sensation , sphincter , anal canal , asymptomatic , anorectal manometry , external anal sphincter , gastroenterology , surgery , irritable bowel syndrome , psychology , fistula , anal fistula , neuroscience
To investigate the anal sphincter and rectal factors that may be involved in fecal incontinence that develops following fistulotomy (FIAF).